The Vegetable Cultivator: Containing a Plain and Accurate Description of All the Different Species and Varieties of Culinary Vegetables ... Also, Some Recollections of the Life of Philip Miller ... |
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... heat to escape . The frame should be made of well - seasoned deal , one inch and a half thick , ten feet seven inches long , two feet deep at the back , and one foot three inches in front ; the lights can be about three feet six inches ...
... heat to escape . The frame should be made of well - seasoned deal , one inch and a half thick , ten feet seven inches long , two feet deep at the back , and one foot three inches in front ; the lights can be about three feet six inches ...
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... heat , it is proper to thrust some sharp - pointed sticks down between the roots into the bed ; and by drawing them up daily , and feeling the lower part , you will be able to judge of the degree of heat , and be regulated accordingly ...
... heat , it is proper to thrust some sharp - pointed sticks down between the roots into the bed ; and by drawing them up daily , and feeling the lower part , you will be able to judge of the degree of heat , and be regulated accordingly ...
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... heat of the bed is considerable , on the first appearance of the buds after the bed is planted . After the bed has been made two or three weeks , and it is observed not to heat kindly , or rather to decline , it will be proper to line ...
... heat of the bed is considerable , on the first appearance of the buds after the bed is planted . After the bed has been made two or three weeks , and it is observed not to heat kindly , or rather to decline , it will be proper to line ...
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... heat of the bed can be much better regulated by this kind of pit , and all the work done with much greater nicety and less toil to the gardener than by the old and common method of dung hot - beds . 3. BASIL.- OCYMUM . This plant is ...
... heat of the bed can be much better regulated by this kind of pit , and all the work done with much greater nicety and less toil to the gardener than by the old and common method of dung hot - beds . 3. BASIL.- OCYMUM . This plant is ...
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... heat of the day , but by no means let the plants be drawn up weakly . Should they rise too thick , or in clusters , they must be thinned out , so as to leave them single at a small distance apart . All the culture necessary afterwards ...
... heat of the day , but by no means let the plants be drawn up weakly . Should they rise too thick , or in clusters , they must be thinned out , so as to leave them single at a small distance apart . All the culture necessary afterwards ...
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